Trump: Not sure if Alaska presser will be joint

1 posted on 08/14/2025 7:44:55 AM PDT by marcusmaximus

To: marcusmaximus

Trump further added that if negotiations go badly, he would hold a solo press briefing and head right back to the White House after that.

I suspect Putin is playing around, Trump will most likely have to walk. Normally when heads of state meet, the plan is already done - this is a weird instance when apparently it isn't done.

2 posted on 08/14/2025 7:47:22 AM PDT by 1Old Pro

Agree. Usually the details are worked out by underlings in advance and the meeting is largely ceremonial.

3 posted on 08/14/2025 7:48:37 AM PDT by Starboard

Reagan walked away from Reykjavík.

4 posted on 08/14/2025 7:51:31 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe (The woke were surprised by the reaction to the Bud Light fiasco. May there be many more surprises)

Well, that’s true but that summit was different in that there wasn’t the threat of an expanding war going on at the time. There are lots of countries involved in the conflict in Ukraine (and indirectly through sanctions) so it has the very real potential to spiral out of control. Failure to achieve any results at this meeting could be very consequential.

Trump seems to be tamping down expectations and may be hoping that the meeting serves as a foundation for a turning point in the war. JMHO

5 posted on 08/14/2025 8:05:54 AM PDT by Starboard

To: marcusmaximus

Meanwhile:

Russia is reaching 105-110% of its monthly military requirements, Vadym Skibitskyi, deputy head of Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR), said in an Aug. 12 interview with Ukrainian media outlet Suspilne.

The Kremlin planned to enlist 343,000 people in 2025 and has already fulfilled over 60% of that goal. Skibitskyi added that Moscow intends to raise the target by at least 15-17%.

6 posted on 08/14/2025 8:11:23 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Annnd....TRUMP IS RIGHT AGAIN.)

I think the meeting will be a bust. Trump is there to show the world that he’s being reasonable and Putin is the impediment.
Trump will give a solo press briefing saying that he hopes there’ll be more meetings after he consults with Ukraine and EU.
The sanctions will begin after discussions with Euros.

Hope I’m wrong and everything is wine and roses.

7 posted on 08/14/2025 8:40:43 AM PDT by grumpygresh

To: marcusmaximus

Interesting info on the two sides pre-positioning for the "summit". From the Military Summary Blog: The most important thing is that the Russians reduced their expectations so basically the Russians made a compromise regarding their demands that they probably introduced since the beginning at the beginning of the special military operation. Once again, I would like to remind you that three months ago or even months ago, the Russians demanded complete withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the territory of the Herson region, including the city of Herson. The same demands concerned the Zaparoia region, including the city of Zaparo itself. Furthermore, the Russians uh demanded the withdrawal of Ukraine troops from the inside Danbas region and the most important the Russians demanded to save control over the territories. They managed to take under complete control since the beginning of the special military operation in the Sumi region and of course in the hark direction. those were the months of the put of the Russian Federation and Putin himself probably three weeks or four weeks ago. But after uh Trump and Putin agreed to have another meeting on the territory of Alaska, the Russians reduced their expectations and reduced their demands. Basically, the Russians made something like a compromise and according to new Russian demands, they are ready just to uh let's say to uh they are ready to exchange territories, let's say in Kharkif region and Sumu region for the rest of Donbas. So that's it. The Russians want just one thing to take under complete control the dyk people republic or the dy oblist or the dyk region and that's it and the Russians are ready to exchange territories they managed to take under complete control in khark area in sum area and in the petetro direction for these territories and that's it. So when talking about territories the Russians as you can see reduced their demands. talking about Ukrainian side, we can see
completely different picture because Zilinski from his position increased his demands significantly. For example, this is the statement that was made Zilanski after uh the virtual meeting with European leaders. Today, five joint principles of the negotiation format were agreed upon with US and Europe. So what uh Zilinski was talking about, no concessions on borders, no withdrawal from Donbas, security guarantees passed to NATO, European Union, sustained Western military aid, no force demilitarization, Russian reparations pay hundreds of billions in damages uh using frozen Russian assets. Uh return of abducted children and post 20,000 children taken, thousands of prisoners still held. No sanctions relive from Russia. Maintain and strengthen sanctions to prevent grouping. So as you can see uh Putin reduced his demands and Zilinski increased his demands in comparison with the previous version which is very interesting.

8 posted on 08/14/2025 8:47:33 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Annnd....TRUMP IS RIGHT AGAIN.)

9 posted on 08/14/2025 8:49:33 AM PDT by 1Old Pro

Putin reduced his demands and Zilinski increased his demands in comparison with the previous version which is very interesting.

Interesting and expected. I think Z wants no Russian demands met, tough to make a deal when one is obstinate.

10 posted on 08/14/2025 8:53:19 AM PDT by 1Old Pro

Trump should tell both parties that the U.S. will have no relation with either one of them unless the countries pay to the U.S. Treasury the amounts that Ukraine paid Hunter for his Burisma "expertise" and Russia paid Hillary for Uranium One.

I can't stand either one of those Democrat bribing countries.

11 posted on 08/14/2025 8:57:53 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)

To: marcusmaximus

Lets spin the Trump-Putin meeting before it even happens.

Deep State Deep *hit.

12 posted on 08/14/2025 9:03:46 AM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS, REMEMBER REV; NIEMOLLER)

To: marcusmaximus

Did you hear the good news yet? My sympathies to Father Reich and Baby Reich.

13 posted on 08/14/2025 10:26:55 AM PDT by Karl Spooner

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